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U+0919, ङ
DEVANAGARI LETTER NGA

[U+0918]
Devanagari
[U+091A]
See also: , ड़, , and

Translingual

Letter

(ṅ)

  1. The Devanagari script's nasal guttural consonant; : /ŋ/

Syllable

(ṅa): /ŋǝ/

  1. The Devanagari consonant with its inherent vowel -a; an unwritten form of a

Alternative forms

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Hindi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ŋə]

Letter

(ṅa)

  1. The fifth consonant in Hindi.

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Newari

Alternative forms

  • (Kathmandu) (nya)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja

Noun

(ŋa)

  1. (Dolakhae) fish